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A lone marmot climbed atop a wooden fence on Blackcomb Peak near Whistler, British Columbia, sat upright and let out a couple of ear piercing screams. The mountain-dwelling squirrel probably wanted to warn others that the humans of Lone Goat Soap were nearby and filming. Alpine marmots emit variable alarm calls when they encounter humans, […]

Derek Brown, a talented saxophonist with beatboxing skills, performed a flawless version of the Prelude to “Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G major” inside the empty Lucky Buck warehouse in Hillsdale, Michigan, somehow making his tenor horn sound just like a stringed instrument. Brown, who also goes by the name BEATBoX SAX, offers online […]

Hal Rudnick of Screen Junkies highlights a collection of famous celebrities’ roles in hit movies that you may have forgotten about. They share clips of Bryan Cranston and Nathan Fillion in Saving Private Ryan (1998), Elijah Wood as the “video game boy” in Back to the Future Part II (1989), and more.

BloodBlitz Comedy has created a creepy thriller trailer for the Harry Potter film series that reimagines young Harry as the deadly villain that everyone fears. via Geeks Are Sexy

Hackney, London-based photographer Barry Craig of Digital Giant recently duct taped a Superman toy to the front of his Phantom 3 drone and recorded footage of the Man of Steel flying over Victoria Park. So, I duct taped a Superman figure to my Phantom and flew it over Victoria Park. #phantom #drone #dji #quadcopter #superman […]

Grumpy Cat, the frowning puss with a sweet disposition, very patiently tolerated the measuring and fitting required to become the very first feline to be immortalized by the famous Madame Tussauds. Grumpy’s likeness will become a permanent fixture at the San Francisco location later this year. In step with Grumpy Cat’s digital celebrity, her figure […]

Naturalist Brad Josephs posted a video of a grizzly bear that swatted his GoPro camera in Alaska.

Musicians/producers/djs Diplo and Skillrex, who have been working together as Jack Ü, recently teamed up with former teenybopper Justin Bieber to create “Where Are Ü Now“, an amazingly produced multi-layered song. In speaking with The New York Times, both Diplo and Skillrex broke down sections of the song, explaining how they developed different sounds along […]

American Hacker shows how to make a cool cardboard bionic hand with pull string fingers.

Magician Neil Henry recently proposed to his girlfriend Charlie Gardner on stage before an audience using a trick based around a can of Heinz Alphabetti alphabet-shaped pasta. As Henry pulls a string of letters out of his mouth, Gardner appears to piece together what’s happening after the letter “A” pops out. via reddit

There has been an awakening… #StarWars #TheForceAwakens A video posted by Star Wars (@starwars) on Aug 27, 2015 at 10:00am PDT Disney has released a new 15 second teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens on the official Star Wars Instagram account that includes some exciting new footage. The teaser takes advantage of […]

Instagram has announced that the popular photo sharing app will now feature support for non-square portrait and landscape formatted photographs. This is a big change for the service which has only allowed square format images since its launch in 2010. The update also includes widescreen video options and the ability to use the same filters […]

Russell Munro and his wife created a working Optimus Prime cake that transforms from a truck into a robot for their son’s sixth birthday party. Munro posted a video of the cake in action at the party to the delight of the crowd, and also posted a separate video that shows the platform itself in […]

Internet artist Darius Kazemi has created an online tool called Leaving Everywhere that randomly generates “Why I’m Leaving [City]” style essays using United States Census data. The tool pulls data like population, industry statistics, average income and uses them to justify why a person would decide to leave a city. via Darius Kazemi

Korean industrial designer Jang WooSeok has created “Kiss When Coffee“, a wonderfully novel disposable coffee cup lid that features a protruding nose and big full lips that are all puckered up for a big kiss. The designer said that he “loves coffee and kisses” and wanted to combine the two. I love both coffee and […]

Talented Japanese manga artist and illustrator Takumi has recently retold the entire story of George Miller‘s film Mad Max: Fury Road with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. The original black and white ink drawings of Takumi’s hieroglyphic masterpiece are available to view on his Facebook page. images via Takumi via UPROXX

While performing at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, pop phenom Taylor Swift invited actress Lisa Kudrow, as her Friends character Phoebe Buffay, on to the stage to perform a live rendition of Pheobe’s signature song “Smelly Cat“. A good time was had by all. So @taylorswift13 is THE best person I've ever met. […]

Sarah Bromby recently surprised her five-year-old son by telling him he is going to be a big brother, and the boy is delighted by the news. The boy grins ear to ear as he repeatedly asks his mother if she’s joking. He also asks his mother for more details like, “Who made it?” and “Why?” […]

Kurt Sutter, the brilliant mind behind the incredible Sons of Anarchy has announced that he is planning to develop a new series that focuses on The Mayans, often depicted as a rival club to the Sons. The Mayan Project is very much in the infancy stages. I will be co-creating with another writer who will […]

The StoryTime Rocking Chair is a brilliant wooden three seater rocking chair designed by Hal Taylor, a Fredericksburg, Virginia-based father and craftsman whose lap just wasn’t big enough for all of his kids. A larger seat rests in the center of the chair, for a book wielding adult and/or child, and two more seats sit […]

Drone pilot Kevin Miller was surprised recently when he flew his camera drone to get a view of a 200-foot-tall wind turbine in Rhode Island and found a man sunbathing at the top. When the unidentified man spots the drone, he stares at it for a while and gives an incredulous shrug, seemingly surprised by the encounter. […]

Baby Monitor talk I rarely talk with the girls through the baby monitor. But when I do, this usually happens. Posted by Itsjudytime on Friday, August 21, 2015 Mom and beauty vlogger Judy Travis of It’s Judy Time has shared a super cute video that shows her two twin baby girls playing in their cribs […]

Magician Rahat Hussein is back and surprising even more unsuspecting fast food drive-thru employees by pulling up to their window with a humanoid robot in the driver’s seat. The robot turns red with anger a little more often this time around. Here is Rahat’s original robot prank:

Science and illusion channel Brusspup presents 10 amazing science tricks using liquid.

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iZHarms posted a video of firing pair of Roman Candle guns, a follow-up to the video he posted last year. via Geekologie

Nintendo Game Boy Retrospecs is an app by software developer John Parker that converts ordinary photos into retro computer or video game pixel art. Users can choose from a collection of fun filters to make their images look like they should be displayed on an 8-bit Commodore 64 computer, an old school Nintendo Game Boy, […]

In the latest episode of SciShow, host Michael Aranda explains what a supertaster is and how one is able to determine if they are indeed so genetically inclined. It’s a genetically-inherited trait — and dominant, meaning that only one parent has to have the supertasting allele, or version of the gene, for their child to […]

In a recent video, The Backyard Scientist explodes propane-filled balloons using a drone armed with a sparkler. Taking viewer suggestions, he also pops some of the balloons using flaming steel wool on a string, and also ignites balloons filled with a mix of oxygen and propane underwater.

An adorably persistent golden retriever puppy named Brady, repeatedly tried to catch the fish that were imprinted onto the side of his plastic pool while sitting upright in the water, but to no avail. Several days later, Brady graduated to the big pool, but was too afraid to get off the first step. via reddit, […]

“America’s Smallest Nanobrewery” is a comedy video by Above Average starring Zak Orth (Wet Hot American Summer, Revolution) as a man who runs a brewery that produces beer one sip at a time. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

In the most recent episode of Anglophenia, host Kate Arnell explains about Cockney rhyming slang, where it comes from and how it’s being used in modern day conversation. It’s not 100 percent known how cockney rhyming slang — the replacement of a common word with a rhyming phrase — came about, but it’s typically thought […]

They Might Be Giants has released “I Made A Mess”, their new music video featuring visuals by Craig J. Clark, created for week 34 of their Dial-A-Song Direct series.

Kai Wong of DigitalRev humorusly demonstrates several simple and free photography hacks using regular household items. via ISO 1200 Magazine, PetaPixel

A beautiful dachshund named Tazo, who was surrendered to the Animal Haven shelter in New York City after his humans couldn’t keep up with the medical bills from his back injury, was given the royal treatment through the wonderful BarkBox program “Dog’s Best Day“. BarkBox teamed up with Natural Balance Dog Food to provide Tazo […]

Kraken Monster Issues is an ongoing series of illustrations by artist Teo Zirinis featuring legendary monsters who are stating their very specific problems. The entire collection is available to view on Zirinis’s website and Facebook page. Prints of his amusing monster drawings are available to purchase online via Society6. Hydra Dracula Cthulhu Cyclops Godzilla images […]

Don Swift recently posted a video in which he takes his young daughter out into the warm summer rain for the first time, and she was delighted to experience the new sensation.

For the most recent episode of Field Day, writer/actor Mark Douglas of Barely Productions created “Cat Hospital” an overly dramatic soap opera parody that features felines in various catty roles. Dive into the drama of Cat Hospital, a hospital run by humans and cats. From the mind of Mark Douglas, one the stars of Barely […]

The cast of Star Trek Beyond remember late and great Leonard Nimoy as “an actor, a champion of the arts, and a true inspiration to so many” in a touching tribute video supporting a cause that Nimoy cared very much about. The tribute was lead by Zachary Quinto, the actor who portrayed Spock in the […]

“m e r r y m e“, a studio jewelry artist from Bangkok, Thailand has designed a clever line of 3-piece enamel and brass rings that fit together perfectly to form adorable animals. The rings can also be worn separately to create a sense of action, such as a squirrel chasing after a juicy acorn. […]

YouTube has officially launched their game streaming service YouTube Gaming to cater to the video sharing service’s large gamer base. Users can live stream themselves playing games, and viewers can easily search for live streams by channel or by a specific game. The new service pulls game-related content from YouTube, and has been in a testing […]

In a recent video by Physics Girl, host Dianna Cowern demonstrates a method a person can use to generate a cloud inside their own mouth. Cowern calls the clouds “maculus ridiculous” because the method requires the person to do some pretty silly looking things with their mouth.

“Zelda vs Peach” a new live-action special effects video, created by filmmaker Andrew McMurry of AndrewMFilms, where Princess Zelda of The Legend of Zelda and Princess Peach of Super Mario Bros. settle their differences by engaging in an epic battle to the death. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

image via Shifting Cities Online map developer Keir Clarke has created Shifting Cities, an interactive map that plots the ten most populous cities in the United States over the course of 220 years, starting with the year 1790 and concluding in the year 2010. Clarke was inspired by a gif he saw on reddit in […]

Dreamworks animator Daniel Hashimoto and his son James (a.k.a. “Action Movie Kid“) invited Jared and his YouTube famous son Evan Tube HD over for a playdate that turned into quite a special effects-filled adventure. The two boys blasted each other with freeze rays, jumped across a lava-covered floor, and more while both fathers enjoyed a […]

The New Yorker recently profiled John McDermott and John Wren, two veteran high-rise window washers, who have been cleaning the windows of New York City for over thirty years. Each man spoke of how he got started, what kept him going and the awesome respect he has for the job. Window cleaning is not for […]

In the latest episode of the Vulture series Secret History of Television, host Margaret Lyons explains the history of musical episodes in the television and what makes them work well. The episode also features some examples of when the technique has fallen flat.

In “How to Age Gracefully“, the farewell video from the CBC Radio series “Wiretap“, people of all ages offer words of wisdom to their younger counterparts in the form of a verbal letter, daisy-chaining the advice from age 7 on up to age 93. Dear 91-year old, don’t listen to other people’s advice. Nobody knows […]

Burger King has publicly pitched long time “burger wars” rival McDonald’s to collaborate on the “McWhopper” to promote Peace One Day, the charity that will host Peace Day on September 21, 2015. Burger King took out a full-page ad to run an open letter to McDonald’s, as well as launching the McWhopper website which includes […]